Department of Economics

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest:

• Institutional Economics
• Monetary Economics

Recent Publications:

"Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874-1948)," in A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists, Second Edition, Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer, (eds.), Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2000.

"Quantitative and Qualitative Leading Indicators: Evaluating Performance in Long and Average Expansions" (with L. Hiris), in Use of Survey Data for Industry, Research and Economic Policy, Karl H. Oppenländer, Günter Poser, and Bernd Schips (eds.), Burlington, VT:  Ashgate, 2000.

"National Statistics - Portrait of the Value Floor," Journal of Economic Issues, January 2000.

"Reliable Leading Indicator Lists - Why So Many Revisions?" Business Cycle Indicators, 4(11), November 1999, pp. 2-4.

"The Leading Indicators in Historical Perspective," Business Cycle Indicators, 4(10): 3-4, October 1999.

"Assessing Business Cycle Indicators - An End of the Century Perspective," Business Cycle Indicators, 4(9): 2-4, September 1999.

"Mitchell's Analysis of Business Cycles" in Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Routledge Publishing Company: England, 1999, pp. 740-742.

Research in Progress:

• Economics Confronts the Economy.
• "Revision and Update of European Indicator Systems" (in connection with Economic Cycle Research Institute - NYC).
• "National Statistics - Window on Values," paper prepared for the Acedenshaw Papers (with O. Nankivell), England.
• "Forecasting Trade Flows for Developing Countries With Long Range Gauges."

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